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Beginners • Re: Printing Setup Problem/Question

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Code:

lpstat -t
shows you (rather verbosely) the printers that CUPS knows about. On my Raspberry Pi 5:

Code:

lpstat -tscheduler is runningsystem default destination: PDFdevice for Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series: implicitclass://Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series/device for CITIZEN_CT_S310II_pronty: implicitclass://CITIZEN_CT_S310II_pronty/device for DYMO_LabelWriter_4XL_pronty: implicitclass://DYMO_LabelWriter_4XL_pronty/device for EPSON_WF_7520_Series: implicitclass://EPSON_WF_7520_Series/device for PDF: cups-pdf:/Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series accepting requests since Mon 05 Feb 2024 12:00:13 AMCITIZEN_CT_S310II_pronty accepting requests since Mon 05 Feb 2024 09:40:36 AMDYMO_LabelWriter_4XL_pronty accepting requests since Mon 05 Feb 2024 12:00:16 AMEPSON_WF_7520_Series accepting requests since Mon 05 Feb 2024 12:00:13 AMPDF accepting requests since Fri 12 Jan 2024 11:14:27 PMprinter Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series is idle.  enabled since Mon 05 Feb 2024 12:00:13 AMprinter CITIZEN_CT_S310II_pronty is idle.  enabled since Mon 05 Feb 2024 09:40:36 AMprinter DYMO_LabelWriter_4XL_pronty is idle.  enabled since Mon 05 Feb 2024 12:00:16 AMprinter EPSON_WF_7520_Series is idle.  enabled since Mon 05 Feb 2024 12:00:13 AMprinter PDF is idle.  enabled since Fri 12 Jan 2024 11:14:27 PM
My system can see five printers: Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series, CITIZEN_CT_S310II_pronty, DYMO_LabelWriter_4XL_pronty, EPSON_WF_7520_Series, PDF. The lines that matter in lpstat output are:
  • ... accepting requests since: if it's not listed as accepting requests, you can't print
  • ... is idle. enabled since ...: If the printer's not idle, it'll list the document queue. Enabled printers print right away, otherwise jobs are held until manually released.
So to print a file from the command line to Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series:

Code:

lp -d Brother_MFC_L2750DW_series file
I haven't had to do anything to configure these printers: CUPS found them and configured them automatically as soon as it found the network. I hope that the pass-though to the Laserjet P1006 works properly, as they're not particularly fun printers to get going with a Raspberry Pi.

I don't use LibreOffice much, but I seem to remember latest versions have hidden printer choice slightly

Statistics: Posted by scruss — Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:55 pm



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